there is dysfunction and there will be dysfunction until the election. then we have the lame duck session. the lame duck session and this question of what to do to keep the car from going over the cliff will be answered. if governor romney wins the election, then they will be willing to come to the table to talk about revenues. if the president wins the election, he'll say we're getting rid of tax cuts from wealthy americans. but even though the lame duck session will be the current congress, what they see in november will greatly influence. so the best thing between now and the election is for you to talk about this on your program, hopefully the candidates will talk about it around the country and the american people in their votes on november 6 would make some kind of decision on this. but you mention touchdown didn't come up much in the debate, most candidates won't talk about it much because it requires tough choices. >> even the people who are going to have to fix this. you know, we talk about the senators, a few senators, who are starting to talk